NAZI BOMBAST ENDS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21385, 21 April 1944, Page 3

NAZI BOMBAST ENDS

prospects of invasion bridgeheads expected LONDON, April 19. The German press and Nazi spokesmen were recently proclaiming their belief that no Allied soldier would ever even set foot on the continent of Europe. That bombastic tone has now changed, says the Daily telegraph’s correspondent in Stockholm, who quotes the Berlin correspondent of the Stockholm paper Dagens Nyheter as saying that German military circles are convinced that the attackers will succeed in establishing a firm foothold and build strong bridgeheads at several points. Fney are even prepared for the possibility of initial Allied successes, but continue to base their optimism for the final outcome on the superb morale and equipment of the German soldier. German planes after dark are dropping millions of copies of a newspaper that exactly imitated the style of the Royal Air Force newspaper Courier Delair which the French people have learned to know and trust, states the Daily Express foreign editor. The German take paper carries a London dateline and even correctly lists the 8.8.C.’s French programmes, but—and herein lies the trap—it is telling Frenchmen that they need not await the prearranged radio signal to revolt. This trick aims to wreck in advance the great French rising that is timed to meet the second front.